News: events
Season flips, live events, Sprite Hours and datamined finds. What Epic has confirmed is labelled as confirmed; everything else is labelled as what it is, right there in the text.
- Treasure Hunters: Everything Else New in v43.00 Beyond the Sprites: Crossbones Isle's POIs, the new weapons, Wanted Posters, Treasure Hours, the economy changes and a calendar the outlets disagree on.
- A$AP Rocky Boss Drops Lil' Flacko Sprite New boss battle rewards the rare Lil' Flacko sprite and a shock rocket pickaxe.
- Treasure Hunters Sprites: Every New Sprite, Crossbones Isle and What Changes Every new Treasure Hunters Sprite and its Cursed and Jeweled variants, the Crossbones Isle map for Sprite hunters, and what carries over from Override.
- Treasure Hunters Event Drops November 1 Get ready to crack chests, extract sprites, and claim treasure starting November 1.
- v42.40 After Launch: Obsession Steals, Quack Needs Mastery, No New Overrides Post-patch coverage of Fortnite v42.40 corrects day-one reporting: what the Obsession Sprite does, where Quack lives, what was vaulted, and the dates before season end.
- Fortnitemaes Brings New Islands and Group Quests New spooky islands and a quest to tackle with friends are coming in Fortnitemaes.
- Fortnitemares Brings New Islands and Safety in Numbers Quest New spine-chilling islands and a quest to face fears with friends.
- Fortnitemares 2026: Everything Else That's New Beyond the Sprites The Fortnitemares update beyond sprites: Nightmare Neighborhood, FNAF possession, new Overrides, the Oct 8 and Oct 15 dates, and a correction on the Pumpkin Sprite.
- Fortnitemares 2026 Sprites: Trick or Treat, Vampire, Deer and the Rest Every sprite and variant in the Fortnitemares update: the new Trick or Treat tier, Vampire, The Deer, Dumpster Dive and Spooky Dash, with what is confirmed and what is rumor.
- Boosted Hacker Sprites Drop with Kingdom Hearts Flair New Hacker Sprites and Kingdom Hearts items are live for limited times.
- Power Hours Unleash Supercharged Grenades & Rare Sprites Catch Gold and Cheat Master Sprites this Saturday during Power Hours.
- v42.10 Leaks: 3 New Sprites, Prop Hunt and Big Heads Overrides, and 3 New Loot Hack Weapons September 3's v42.10 patch confirmed: X-Ray and Onigiri Sprites from the Design-a-Sprite contest, a mystery Knight Sprite, two new Match Overrides, and three Sprite-Dust-gated weapons.
- Cheat Code Monday: Double Sprite XP & Dust! Epic's Cheat Code Monday live now — double Sprite XP, double Sprite Dust, and more Cheat Codes active in Battle Royale.
- Cheat Code Day Is Back Today, and the Weekend's Rarest Catches Are Countable on One Hand Today's new Lobby Hack code, GatherAndCraft, unlocks the Cheat Master Bush Sprite - plus double Dust and XP, and our tracker numbers on Storm Scout and the new Cheat Masters after Sonic Hours weekend.
- Storm Scout Drops Today Inside Sonic Hours, and Nobody Has Logged a New Cheat Master Yet Storm Scout and its Gold and Cheat Master forms go live at 2 PM ET August 29 during Sonic Hours. Session times, the ability, and what our trackers say about Thursday's Cheat Masters.
- Sprite Day, August 27: All Eleven Cheat Masters Are Loose, Storm Scout Still Isn't Updated Aug 29: Storm Scout lands today at 2 PM ET. Original story: the last four Cheat Master Sprites went live August 27 and the code-only six joined the loot pool, plus the mastery back bling leak and v42.10 fixes.
- Gold Sprite Bonanza Hits at 2 PM ET on August 22 Get ready for more Gold Sprite drops and boosted Gold Bars on August 22 at 2 PM ET.
- Gold Sprite Bonanza Hits at 2 PM ET on August 22 Get ready for better Gold Sprite drops and boosted soft-currency rates.
- Every Confirmed Collab in Fortnite Override, and When Each One Actually Lands Sonic and Tetris are live now. Kingdom Hearts, Persona 5, and a first-ever Roblox crossover are Epic-confirmed for later this season - here's every collab and what it actually adds.
- Overrides Unleashed: Explore Gaming Legends New Override events bring Sonic, Tetris, Pac-Man vibes to the Island.
- Fortnite Override v42.00: Every Patch Note, Weapon and Sprite The full v42.00 patch notes for Chapter 7 Season 4 Override: new POIs, weapons, eleven new Sprites, Lobby Hacks, Cheat Codes, Match Overrides, and the ranked reset.
- Every Fortnite Override Lobby Hack Code (And What It Unlocks) Chapter 7 Season 4 added Lobby Hacks, Cheat Codes and Match Overrides all at once. Here's what each system does and every Lobby Hack code going around tonight.
- Override Is Live: Every New Sprite, Every New Spot, Everything That Changed Chapter 7 Season 4 launched today with 6 new colorways, 12 new Sprites, a redesigned look and a Dust reset. Every confirmed and unconfirmed sprite, the new map, and what actually carries over.
- John Wick Sprite Spawns Only in Reload New John Wick Sprite drops exclusively in Reload — don’t miss it!
- Sprite Spree Week, straight from Epic: the official day-by-day and what the roundups missed Epic's official post confirms the Sprite Spree Week schedule (Aug 14-20), adds per-day equip effects, and extends Gem Hours through the end of the season. What it says and what to do with it.
- Geno Stole the Zero Point: The Unstable Reaction, and Your Last Week to Collect Fortnite's Unstable Story Moment came and went in three minutes. Here's what players thought, and how Sprite Spree Week (Aug 15-19) lets you finish your set before Season 4. Updated with Epic's official schedule.
- Sprites are FREE to resummon until the season ends — master everything now Resummons cost 0 Sprite Dust from now until August 20, alongside Sprite Spree Week's double leveling — the biggest mastery push of the season, confirmed in-game.
- Override is almost here: every sprite fact, leak and rumor before Season 4 A new sprite generation, the Sprite Garden, a Dust reset, Mythic Sprite Hours, and the Gaming Legends leaks — what collectors need to know before August 20.
- Unstable, Two Mythic Sprite Hours, and Your Last Week to Collect Season 3 ends August 19 and its Sprites leave Battle Royale. The Unstable finale on August 15 is followed by two Mythic Sprite Hours boosting Zero Point and Grim - here is the schedule and what to chase first.
- Gem Hours Today: Session Times, What's Boosted, and How to Spend the Four Hours Gem Hours run today, August 8, 2-4 PM and 9-11 PM ET: boosted Gem spawns, Self-Revive at spawn, Mythic loot pool. Every Gem now has a confirmed pull on our trackers - here is how to get yours.
- New Season Alert: Override is Here! Get ready for Chapter 7 Season 4, Override, launching August 20, 2026.
Official Fortnite channels
Straight from the source — these are Epic's own posts and status feeds, not ours:
- Fortnite News ↗ Epic’s official announcements, season posts and patch notes.
- @FortniteGame ↗ The main Fortnite account — reveals, teasers, event times.
- @FortniteStatus ↗ Downtime, maintenance windows and known issues, as they happen.
- Epic Games Status ↗ Live service health — is it down for everyone, or just you?
- Fortnite on YouTube ↗ Official trailers, event streams and season cinematics.
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